Sports: Respecting Human Rights of Child Important

The human rights of children and the standards to which all governments must aspire in realizing these rights for all children are most concisely and fully articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The CRC spells out the basic human rights that children everywhere should enjoy, among them the right to survival, to develop to the fullest, to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The convention protects children's rights by setting standards in health care, education and legal, civil and social services. These standards are benchmarks against which progress can be assessed. Countries that have ratified the CRC - including every country in the world except the United States and Somalia - are obliged to develop and undertake all actions and policies in the light of the best interests of the child.